be an understatement. with opposition that goes well beyond congress. anewnratvad calls the president an elitist hypocrite for being skeptical about armed guards in schools.while the secret service protects his two daughters. and some law enforcement officials - including this kentucky sheriff -- say they will refuse to comply with any laws they feel are unconstitutional. but the ground may still be shifting in the president's favor. a new cnn poll says 55% of americans 'do' want stricter gun control. some of the other executive orders. include one that would allow communities to hire more schoold another that d require federal law enforcement to trace all recovered guns. the n-r-a released its response in a commercial. grant lodes joins us with more on what the white house is ripping as a deeply personal attack. and the nra is referencing the president's daughters in this online ad that the n- r-a pre-emptively released yesterday. the white house pushing back, issuing a stern response to that ad: saying in part: "most americans agree that a president's children should not be used as pawns in a

president joe biden met with members ofthenratoday.the proposals are expected to include bans on assault weapons and background checks. the nra said the white house has a agenda against the second amendment. >>> today we chartered a boat to bring you a look at the damage caused by a tanker that struck the bay bridge. the bumper is smashed and the cement crumbled. they are using special emergency powers to speed up the repairs. >> we expect through a -- what is known as a director's order that repairs will be put on the fast track, work underway to repair that fender within 30 days. >> as for the overseas reymar it remains waiting for the coast guard to release it. >>> the chp needs $31 million for security cameras on the bay bridge. it would cover cover the roadways and bike and ped paths. officials met to discuss the details. >>> we have been talking about the weather because the cold is coming and our chief meteorologist is here with what we could expect. >> you can feel it out there now. over night lows are cold and cold again on saturday morning. we got 46 right now in novato. 45 in

before a senate committee. as kyla campbell reports from our washington, d.c. newsroomthenraisready to fight. >> reporter: the nra executive director is going before the senate in its first hearing on gun violence since the deadly school shoot newtown. wayne lap area is the new defender of gun rights. he will talk about how law- abiding gun owners should not -- and mark kelly the former congresswoman of gabby giffords. the couple is pushing for gun control through an organization they recently started. called americans for responsible solutions. >> reporter: the nra will have to go head to head with dianne feinstein. she introduced an assault weapons ban last week. what she is saying about the nra. live in washington kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 news. >>> also in san francisco this morning two conservative action groups are holding a news conference right outside senator feinstein's san francisco office. opposing her assault weapons ban. the western representation pack is teaming up with the women warriors pack. their news conference is set for 10:00 this morning at one post street.

. -- this forum. my name is curtis. i am a gun owner. a hunter. aformernramember.i have very serious concerns about the inability to come up with a good definition for an assault weapon. several people this evening have pointed out how difficult coming up with a definition is. i have a rather simple solution. make semiautomatics illegal. class them the same as a fully automatic weapon. i believe that for hunting purposes, it is not that hard to work a bold action or lever action -- bolt action or lever action. a lot of people prefer to hunt with a single shot. magazine capacity, i see no reason for any more than three rounds. if you need more than three rounds when you are hunting, you need to spend some time at the range before going out. [laughter] that is all. [applause] >> my name is sharron. -- sharon. many thank you's to congressman thompson. you're a brave and courageous representative for taking on this issue. i spent quite a bit of time over the last couple of weeks reading and talking about this on the internet. the number of death threats against senator feinstein is astonishing. t

member ofthenra. peoplewho have been affected by gun violence, people have used guns to protect themselves and their families. we wanted this to try to be a discussion and get a lot of different view points in and see if there are any common grounds between those who are great advocates for more gun control and advocates for gun rights opposed to greater gun control or greater background check. so we wanted to try to look for common ground and not just look at guns but also mental health issues and where that is in the equation and school safety issues. it's going to be an interesting discussion tonight, wolf. >> i'm really looking forward to it. i hope you find common ground. this is a critically, critically important issue for our entire country. anderson's town hall tonight, 8:00 p.m. eastern, only here on cnn. >>> up next, a catastrophic flooding taking an enormous economic toll on australia and they have an impact felt around the world. ake someone happy.♪ ♪it's so important to make someone happy.♪ ♪make just one heart to heart you - you sing to♪ ♪one smile that

under way and include senator manchin who has an a-rating fromthenra. >>>and are republicans turning against senator marco rubio coming to immigration reform? republican senator david vitter calls rubio, quote, amazingly naive on the issue. we'll get the first read on mark murray. >>> you can always join the conversation on twitter. what do you think of the hearings so far for chuck hagel? constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don't. they have magnesium. for effective relief of occasional constipation. thanks. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. >>> on capitol hill today, reports a secret deal is under way to move forward on gun control legislation. "usa today" reports a bipartisan group of senators including republicans coburn and kirk along with democrats manchin and schumer, it's working on a proposal to expand background checks on gun buyers. that is a policy that was soundly rejected by nra's wayne lapierre yesterday but one that most americans support. on monday, president obama will travel to minneapolis to

thenraandeven harry reid questions whether it can pass congress. how hard would you push for assault weapons ban, and if one cannot pass congress, what other measures would need to be included in a broad package in order to probe of gun violence successfully. >> the vice-president and a number of members of my cabinet went through a very thorough process over the past month, meeting with a lot of stakeholders, including the nra. listened to proposals from all quarters, and they have presented me now with a list of sensible, common-sense steps that can be taken to make sure the violence we saw a new town does not happen again. i will meet with the vice- president today. i expect to have a fuller presentation later in the week to give people some specifics about what i think we need to do. my starting point is not to worry about the politics. my starting point is to focus on what makes sense, what works. what should we be doing to make sure that our children are safe, that we are reducing the incidence of gun violence? i think we can do that in a sensible way that comports with the sec

. >>> vice president biden who is heading up president obama's course on gun violence met with thenra. >>the national rifle association calling that meeting "disappointing. >> we are not going to agree on the gun questions. >>> it's like can't be real. >> another school shooting in taft california. 16-year-old student shot and wounded a classmate. >> police say hero teachers stopped a teenager from surhooting more shots. >> i wasn't surprised he had a hit list last year. >>> travel conditions in the midwest will be dangerous if not impossible because of snow. >>> kate middleton attended the unveiling of the first official portrait as the duchess of cambridge. it looks all right to us. >>> a nearly ten-foot-long python flew from australia to new guinea not inside but riding on the wings. >>> yeah! >> despite being snubbed at the oscar nominations ben affleck took home best directors of the critics choice awards. >> i would like to thank the academy. >> jack assures me is he going to work to make at least one letter legible in order not to debase our currency. >> rep

weapons. the head ofthenrasaidhe disagrees on some of the proposals such as restrictions on high capacity magazines. >> somebody needs 80, 90s -- [ talking at the same time ] >> if they are at the range, shooting in the competitions they do. i don't need one, you don't but we are not everybody. >> he says he wants to see more security at schools. also supports putting violent mentally people on a database. ktvu viewers have been weighing in. she says such a good message from the president. lets put it into action. he says these laws is fine, however they aren't going to make the crazy people less crazy. you can join the conversation if you like, visit our facebook wall and tell us what you think about the proposal. just "like" ktvu channel 2. >>> police are hoping a sketch will help them catch a man who tried to grab a girl from her mother's arms. ktvu's robert handa is live where he spoke to the mother today. >> reporter: we are at police headquarters where the mother has been inside working with detectives to put together a sketch that we are about to show you and you will hear

area congressman said an attack ad released bythenraisdangerous. >>> a lawyer in san jose drafted an ordinance and presented it at a city council committee meeting yesterday. it calls for anyone in san jose who wants to own an assault weapon to be required to pass a mental health check and then turn the weapon over to police for safekeeping. if the owners want to check out the weapons, they would have to say. chuck reed says he's not sure it's a good idea for cities to make their own gun laws with the president taking it up on the national level. >>> some of the best companies 0 to work -- companies to work for are right here in the bay area. janine de la vega joins us with more and will tell us were with google starts the list. >> reporter: good morning. many will likely feel a sense of pride that their company is ranking high. perks like using free bicycles like this, also helps and that's just the beginning. now, the search engine giant offers employees free massages, free food and access to the three new wellness centers and seven acres for the complex. there are benefits r to

force is in full swing as vice-president joe biden expected to meet withthenratoday a preview of the meeting coming up. >> and we are watching colder temperatures as they hit the bay area this morning. will be checking in with erica let's look at our forecast. as well as robyn was watching our morning commute. we'll be right back here on the kron 4 morning news sleep train has your ticket to tempur-pedic. experience the pressure-relieving comfort of tempur-pedic, and sleep risk-free with sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee. get 36 months interest-free financing: no down, and no interest for 3 years. plus, get free same-day delivery. sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee, interest-free financing, and free delivery? that's the ticket! sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic is on now. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >> (male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 5:00 a.m. starts now. >> good morning to you the top stores we're following this thursday morning, january 10th. police pressed his way

and tornadoes hit the southwest and they're headed for the east coast. >>> a face-off betweenthenraand gabby giffords. details on today's showdown on capitol hill. >>> the u.s. economy shrinks for the first time in more than three years and not again, baseball's alex rodriguez denies new doping allegations. >>> but we begin with a look at today's "eye opener" your world in 90 seconds. >> this front is going to bring a severe weather potential from the florida panhandle right through the atlanta area. >> severe storms rip through the south. >> a tornado tore through mississippi, two other twisters touched down in arkansas and missouri, large parts of the country are bracing for more. >>> today the senate will hold its first hearing on gun violence since the shoot newtown, connecticut. >> the nra is expected to tell lawmakers that assault weapons ban and background checks are not seriou

on the national rifle association which didn't show up for the hearing. >> but what you havewithnraisa powerful gun lobby with religious fervor. >> none of the laws will impact people who are one day normal, next day, insane and evil. >> 10 bills have been introduced in california. >> president obama laid out plans today to get americans 11 million undocumented immigrants on a path to citizenship. he held a rally in las vegas to call attention to his reform package. and says there is support to act on the proposal to allow those entering illegal a shot at becoming citizens. >> process it's clouds passing a background keck, paying taxes, a penalty, learning english, and then going to the back of the line. behind all folks who are trying to come here legally. >> this declaration was received warmly by immigration rights activists who have been waiting for the obama administration to take action n on the issue. the november election may have been key to moving forward. hispanics supported the president by a two to one margin. >> want to continue being part of the political process an

of it is sort of organization thatthenrahas longstanding organization in washington versus emotion and what the gun control lobby is trying to do is keep people, remind people of situations like in tucson two years ago or aurora or newtown, and when you talk to people who have been working with the biden task force and who have been trying to rally new support here they say they have about 30 days after one of these massacres before public opinion starts to go back to other kinds of issues and so they're trying to grab that window to make something different this time. >> do they believe that there is something different, though because this was about those 20 young kids rather than a normal kinds of awful tragic shootings? >> that's exactly right, charlie. they think that something has changed here there's a boiling point and the strategy is to take the awful nature of this most recent mass shooting and to try to do two things one, break the nra's membership apart, to argue basically the nra membership is different than the leadership of the nra and also t

then-r-aleadership'sdefiant and unsympathetic response to the newtown, conn., massacre, that winning even the most common- sense reforms will require a fight." >> meantime, this was day two of the preliminary hearing for james holmes. the man charged in the colorado movie theatre massacre. 12 people died and dozens were injured. prosecutors today gave the court a better look at just how elaborately they say holmes set up his plot to kill. catherine heenan has the details. >> catherine: holmes looks very different from the days right after he was arrested. a brown moustache and beard - replacing the dyed red hair. the first 9-1-1 call made to police from the movie theatre last july was played today. during which at least 30 shots are heard in the 27- second call. other testimony today included officers explaining the very elaborate booby trap system they say holmes had waiting for them in his apartment. there was a thermos full off glycerin leaning over a hot skillet.filled with another chemical. a trip wire linked the thermos to the front door. holmes they say - had soaked his carpet

met with gun owners groups includingthenrarepresentativeas he moves forward as head of president obamas task force to fight the violence. >> already, the vice- president is announcing the group will have some recommendations for the president by tuesday. >> it is expected that universal background checks for all gun owners could be in the mix. >> the nra meantime says, it is disappointed with the meeting. >> we will be back in just a moment with look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too good if you ask me. [ male announcer ] now u-verse high speed internet has more speed options, reliability and ways to connect. rethink possible. [ malheart-healthy suand delicious meals certified by

house today. tomorrow he sits down withthenra. >>this is just one of the very big issues facing the white house as we approach president obama's second inauguration later this month. as we mentioned, we'll catch up with a guy who will likely have a big voice in republican pop tix over the next four years. he is new jersey's governor, chris christie. we'll talk to him live in a couple of minutes. >>> also ahead, a warning about those metal water bottles. they're popular with children. it turns out there is a risk of kids getting their tongues trapped inside. very serious. can lead to a trip to the emergency room. so what, if anything, is being done about it? >>> then a strange phenomenon off the coast of southern california. we're talking about massive squid. they are being spotted and caught in record numbers. we'll get a live report about that. >>> but let us start on a wednesday morning in washington where the obama administration is getting ready to tackle a whole host of issues, beginning this morning with gun control. nbc's peter alexander is at the white house. peter, good

congress. now the messagethenraisdelivering at that gun violence hearing this morning. >>> and chevron may not be done paying up after last summer's explosion. who else is planning on fighting the company. >>> a lot of sunshine. temperatures beginning to recover during this 8:00 hour. looking outside just buhl over the bey, there's the golden gate bridge -- bridge. temperatures back up to the upper 50s and low 60s. >>> severe weather in the south this is springfield, missouri. heavy rain causing flooding. at least one death is reported blamed on the storm. right now several southern states are under tornado warnings. >>> happening right now, a u.s. senate panel is hearing testimony on gun violence. as kyla campbell reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom, former congresswoman gabrielle giffords gave her dramatic opening statement. >> reporter: she spoke only briefly and others continued testifying this hour. we're taking a live look at the hearing on capitol hill. it started about an hour ago, when gabby giffords testified and moved some to tears when she spoke. >> violence is a big

introduced an assault weapons ban last week and expected to have a lot to say tothenraexecutivedirector. wayne lapierre is testifying before the senate. >> he makes his claim that everybody is entitled to these weapons. my view everybody is seattleed to -- is entitled to be safe. >> reporter: what the group executive director is saying when i meet with you next. >>> also this morning two conservative action groups are holding a news conference outside of senator dianne feinstein's san francisco office. to oppose her assault weapons ban. the western representation pack is teaming up with the women warriors pack. the news conference is scheduled for 10:00 this morning at one post street. >>> your time is 6:17. this week oakland could lose the crime fighting help it has been getting from the california highway patrol if oakland doesn't start paying the chp for it crime fighting efforts. chp officers have been out there patrolling oakland for free. that deal will end this week. it's willing to help oakland for three more months. oakland mayor jean quan tells the tribune she hopes to use sta

of last month's massacre at a connecticut elementary school. the meeting withthenraisone of three biden has scheduled for today, he is also meeting with spokesmen and wildlife interest groups, as well as people from the entertainment industry to talk about gun violence. the nra has already said that they oppose any new gun laws and wal-mart's the nation's largest gun and seller has said they will not attend it. the vice- president task force will be making recommendations by the end of the month. >> new details about the young girl who was kidnapped in hayward more than 20 years ago. hayward police say that a bone fragment found in an abandoned well in central california last year was not michaela garechts. the news comes as fbi investigators continued to dig up a another site looking for the remains of victims of the so-called " speed freak killers. " we spoke with her mother after she learned the news. >> she was only 9 years old when she was kidnapped outside of a grocery store in hayward back in 1988. >> meanwhile, the search for the speed freak killers continue at linden. so

at all, if he wanted to win over gun rights advocates, skeet shooting isn't exactly on target.thenrasaid"the second amendment is not about shooting skeet and it's not a tradition. it's a fundamental right upheld by the u.s. supreme court." so while obama seemed to be reaching out, however awkwardly, to gun owner, the whole thing may have backfired. obama skeet shooting on target or telling? facebook.com/carolcnn, or tweet me @carolcnn. ♪ [ male announcer ] when we built the cadillac ats from the ground up to be the world's best sport sedan... ♪ ...people noticed. ♪ the all-new cadillac ats -- 2013 north american car of the year. ♪ for a limited time, take advantage of this exceptional offer on the all-new cadillac ats. so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our favorite climbing spot even on a holiday weekend. ♪ things are definitely looking up. [ male announcer ] with no blackout dates, you can use your citi tha

the story. >>thenrasaysit is sending a representative to see what the vice president has to say. the nestle shothe white house press secretary says their input is important. >> we will look for to hearing from a variety of organizations and civic groups and others. those who have insights into the problem. >> president obama created the panel following the deadly shooting at sandy hook elementary school in new town, conn. >> new york mayor michael bloomberg is supporting tighter gun laws. >> i think all of us know that joe biden is not a shrinking violet when it comes to crime and gun problem in this country. >> wal-mart, a major seller of firearms was invited to discuss gun control with biden. they said they could not make the meeting but would continue ongoing conversations with the white house. >> i am ed spayne reporting. >> the final witness will be called today in the preliminary hearing for james holmes, the former grad student accused of killing 12 people and wounding dozens in a movie theater shooting in july. >> yesterday, authorities tested the homes spent more than t

withthenraandother guns rights groups. (gunshots) >> this set of gone a set of anti-gun violence recommendations is set to be on the president's desk as early as tuesday. as vice president joe biden's taskforce continues to meet with various gun rights groups, anti-violence advocates and entertainment and video game industry representatives, he says one recommendation is emerging. >> there is a surprising - so far - surprising recurrence of suggestions that we have universal background checks. not just close the gun show loophole but total universal background checks including private sales. >> reporter: something colorado's governor supports. >> why don't we have universal background checks all gun sales? >> reporter: the national rifle association is meeting with the taskforce today. and while the group opposes tougher gun control laws, it wants more armed guards in schools. in virginia which saw the deadliest school shooting in the nation's history - a new quinnipiac university poll shows. 66% of voters say they support the idea of placing an armed police officer in every scho

for all gun owners could be in the mix.thenrameantimesays, it is disappointed with the meeting. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news a cold start to our morning here in the bay area will have a check of your weekend forecast at 530. and the flu is sweeping across the country. but when will it begin our area? we will tell you at 5:40 a.m.. plus rumors swirling around that justin tinberlake is heading back to the recording studio. we will talk about it. > you can't move the tv there. yuh-huh. we have the wireless receiver. listen. back in my day, there was no u-verse wireless receiver that let you move the tv away from the tv outlet. we can move it to the kitchen, the patio, the closet and almost anywhere. why would you want a tv in the closet? [ both laugh ] ♪ [ fancy voice ] brilliant idea, darling. ♪ [ female announcer ] the wireless receiver only from at&t u-verse. get u-verse tv for $29 a month for six months. at&t. get u-verse tv for $29 a month for six months. (woman) 3 days of walking to give a break cancer survivor a lifetime-- that's definitely a fair trade. it w

legislation may not be easy. >>thenraandother gun rights group have about to fight any gun restrictions including a ban on assault weapons. >> i would say that the likelihood that they are not going to be able to get an assault weapon ban through. >> and gallup poll released monday shows 38 percent of americans are dissatisfied with current gun laws and support stricter proposals. >> at 13% jump from a year ago. >> ibm ed payne reporting. >> secretary of state hill recounted his car to testify in front of the house foreign affairs committee later this month about the deadly september 11th, to attack libya. >> clinton will answer questions about the raid that killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other american citizens. >> she was scheduled to testify last month, but was hospitalized after doctors discovered a blood clot in her head falling acrofollowing a concussion. >> secretary clinton plans to step down from a post as long. president obama has nominated senator john kerry to replace their. >> inside sources say during an interview with oprah winfrey, lance armstrong committ

it " disappointing but not surprising ".thenrasaidin a statement " senator feinstein has been trying to ban guns from law- abiding citizens for decades. it's disappointing but not surprising that she once again focused on curtailing the constitution and said a person getting criminals or fixing broken mental-health system. the american people know than bands do not work and we are confident congress will reject senator feinstein's wrongheaded approach ". >> san francisco police are gearing up for what they hope is is a celebration at the 49ers when it all. you remember this feedback october after the giants won the world series. a scorched muni bus, vandalism of this industry, and dozens of arrests. police say there would let that happen again. stamford's as though the details as they will have more of a presence at bars to make sure people are drinking too much. there also be more patrols and the mission district officers to manage crowds attend that tend to bore into the area. >> police will be meeting with other city officials regularly until this a verbal to make sure as the celebrations sta

this morning for standing up. it takes, you have to be courageous to stand againstthenra. iwant to commend you for that. i want you to remember every bit them that has lost their life. the ones that lost their lives in newtown, of the ones that lost their lives in conn, the ones that have lost their lives at virginia tech, most of all urban america. we want to remember all of them today. we want to take a moment of silence to remember them and to remember them in a way that we are going to fight and never forget who they are and their memory. we want to fight today, this is what we're here about today. standing with the police chief was saying enough is enough. standing with the politicians who is saying enough is enough. the whole reason for us to be out here today is to say something. it is not enough to say something, we have to do something and that is why we are here. we like you to take your hats off at this moment and we want to about in a moment of silence for those of lost their lives in this great country. (silence) we pray today that your memory will never be forgotten and that

conn and the movie theater shooting in colorado. the vice president will meet tomorrow withthenraandother gun or groups. meetings with representatives from the video game entertainment industries are also planned. this is part of the panel president obama created following the sandy hook elementary shooting. new york mayor michael bloomberg a strong supporter of tighter gun-control laws is advising the vice president. >> secretary of state under clinton is expected to testify later this month on the deadly september 11th assault in benghazi libya that killed ambassador christopher stevens and three other americans. and had been scheduled to testify last month but fell during an illness and suffered a concussion. she was recently hospitalized for a blood clot. to return to work out monday and had promised to appear before the senate and house foreign affairs panel before stepping down from her job. president obama has nominated senator john kerry to replace her. >> it is foggy and is shot. we will be right back. >> stocks on the rise and alcoa reported some solid earnings at the

it was not renewed due to pressure.thenraasannounced it will for proposes bill as well. >> again we were misled that there was supposedly protest and then something sprang out of that an assault sprang out of that. that was easily have obtained that was not a fact of the american people could know that within days and they did not know that. >> with all due respect we have four dead americans was a because of a protest are because those guys out for a walk when i decided to go kill some americans!? what difference does it make? >> senators brown johnson is speaking out this morning about the heated exchange with secretary of state hillary clinton during as a senate hearing on a deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi it libya. senator johnson says he went a bit too far when he clued accused clinton of being emotional to avoid answering a difficult questions. johnson says he " probably speculated and should have ". this morning, johnson says he stands by his question saying it was important get answers right away after the attack. >> pentagon's chief leon panetta will announce today that

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